Category: Workplace
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4 Progressive Ways Businesses Can Build an Inclusive Workplace for LGBTQ+ Employees
Jackie gives advice of how to get an inclusive workplace for your LGBTQ+ employees.
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Supreme Court Victory! Federal Law Protects Transgender Workers
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) hailed today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that transgender people cannot be fired for who they are. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the chief justices issued a sweeping decision that affirms federal law protects transgender and non-binary as well as lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, rejecting the federal administration’s attempts to roll back employment protections.
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American gay employee received less salary, «just like the other females in office»
A former employee of an event company in New York claims to have been fired because of his sexual orientation.
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Organisations File Amicus Brief in Support of Worker Who Was Fired for Being Transgender
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today filed a «friend of the court» brief with 33 other signatories in support of Aimee Stephens in her case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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TLDEF Statement on SCOTUS’ Decision to Hear LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Cases
TLDEF responded to news today that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case involving a Michigan transgender woman named Aimee Stephens who was fired from her job at a funeral home because she is transgender (R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
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Equality matters – Bury Council praised as top employer
Bury Council has again been named one of Britain’s top ‘equal’ employers by professional lobbying group Stonewall.